A character in Tron (1982)

Dr. Gibbs quotes from Tron (1982)

Barnard Hughes

Scenes with Dr. Gibbs

4 scenes
Lora
[Lora and Dr. Gibbs are preparing to digitize an orange]

Well, here goes nothing.

Dr. Gibbs

Yes. Interesting! Interesting! Did you hear what you just said? "Here goes nothing."

Lora

Well, what I meant was...

Dr. Gibbs

Actually, what we plan to do is to turn something into nothing, and then back again. They might just as well have said "Here goes something; here comes nothing!"

Lora

Right.

Dr. Gibbs

Ha, ha. You've got to expect some static. After all, computers are just machines, they can't think.

Alan

Some programs will be thinking soon.

Dr. Gibbs

Won't that be grand? All the computers and the programs will start thinking and the people will stop.

Dr. Gibbs

User requests are what computers are for!

Dillinger

Doing our business is what computers are for!

Dillinger

ENCOM isn't the business you started in your garage anymore. We're billing accounts in thirty different countries; new defense systems; we have one of the most sophisticated pieces of equipment in existence.

Dr. Gibbs

Oh, I know all that. [starts for the elevator] Sometimes I wish I were back in my garage...

Dillinger

That can be arranged, Walter.

Dr. Gibbs
[stops and turns back to Dillinger, visibly angry]

That was uncalled for! You know, you can remove men like Alan and me from the system, but we helped create it! And our spirit remains in every program we design for this computer!

Dillinger

Walter, it's getting late. I've got better things to do than to have religious discussions with you. Don't worry about ENCOM anymore; it's out of your hands now.

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